Tracking Investment Market Data

Finding a real estate market that fits your investment goals seems to be getting tougher and tougher. With markets tightening up across the state, investors are starting to feel it. Now, more than ever, investors need to be tracking investment market data – looking for trends and analyzing data to find viable markets.

Investors may be familiar with Yardi for property management services, but did you know they also offer comprehensive market research and data software? This system allows real estate investors to track investment market data on a national level, or zero-in on specific markets and sub-markets.

This episode, we welcome from Yardi Matrix: Senior analyst and editorial contributor, Chris Nebenzahl, and research and data analyst, Doug Ressler.They discuss what investors need to know about tracking investment market data. They also offer up an update on Florida’s commercial and multifamily markets.

The Federal Reserve is institution many are aware of. As the central bank of the United States, it serves as the standard for banking as well as regulates and moderates national interest rates. What many don’t know is that the Federal Reserve also has many other responsibilities.

Carl D. Hudson, Ph.D. is the Director of the Center for Real Estate Analytics at the Federal Reserve Bank Atlanta. The Atlanta division of the Fed (1 of 12) oversees much of the Southeast U.S., including Florida. Dr. Hudson is responsible for identifying and analyzing systemic impacts in real estate, economy, financial institutions and consumers. This week he shares his insights on the post-recession rates of Florida’s real estate market and its relation to the rest of the nation.